Record: 35-43-2, .450 W-L% (11th of 12) (Schedule and Results)
SRS: -0.65 (6th of 12) ▪ SOS: 0.77 (6th of 12)
Conference Champion: Duke
Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 1 (Duke)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 0
| Rushing | Receiving | Scrimmage | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | School | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Plays | Yds | Avg | TD |
| 1 | Billy Gambrell | South Carolina | 105 | 582 | 5.5 | 21 | 226 | 10.8 | 0 | 126 | 808 | 6.4 | 0 | |
| 2 | Hal Davis | Clemson | 66 | 344 | 5.2 | 2 | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 0 | 69 | 392 | 5.7 | 2 |
| 3 | Ted Rzempoluch | Virginia | 77 | 347 | 4.5 | 3 | 8 | 82 | 10.3 | 0 | 85 | 429 | 5.0 | 3 |
| 4 | Mark Leggett | Duke | 114 | 478 | 4.2 | 4 | 18 | 199 | 11.1 | 0 | 132 | 677 | 5.1 | 4 |
| 5 | Brian Piccolo | Wake Forest | 77 | 324 | 4.2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | 79 | 333 | 4.2 | 1 |
| 6 | Len Chiaverini | Maryland | 156 | 602 | 3.9 | 5 | 5 | 37 | 7.4 | 0 | 161 | 639 | 4.0 | 5 |
| 7 | Ken Willard | North Carolina | 119 | 466 | 3.9 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 5.0 | 0 | 124 | 491 | 4.0 | 4 |
| 8 | Tony Koszarsky | North Carolina State | 64 | 244 | 3.8 | 2 | 8 | 64 | 8.0 | 0 | 72 | 308 | 4.3 | 2 |
| 9 | Mike Curtis | Duke | 100 | 368 | 3.7 | 8 | 7 | 57 | 8.1 | 0 | 107 | 425 | 4.0 | 8 |
| 10 | Pat Crain | Clemson | 94 | 348 | 3.7 | 4 | 94 | 348 | 3.7 | 4 | ||||
| 11 | Pete DiVenere | South Carolina | 71 | 265 | 3.7 | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 72 | 283 | 3.9 | 0 | |
| 12 | Dan Reeves | South Carolina | 148 | 471 | 3.2 | 148 | 471 | 3.2 | 0 | |||||
| 13 | Donnie Frederick | Wake Forest | 68 | 212 | 3.1 | 0 | 13 | 120 | 9.2 | 0 | 81 | 332 | 4.1 | 0 |
| 14 | Joe Anderson | Clemson | 69 | 142 | 2.1 | 1 | 69 | 142 | 2.1 | 1 | ||||
| 15 | Jim Rossi | North Carolina State | 123 | 216 | 1.8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 124 | 216 | 1.7 | 2 |
| 16 | Dick Shiner | Maryland | 89 | 102 | 1.1 | 6 | 89 | 102 | 1.1 | 6 | ||||
| 17 | Gary Cuozzo | Virginia | 76 | 74 | 1.0 | 6 | 76 | 74 | 1.0 | 6 | ||||
| 18 | Junior Edge | North Carolina | 70 | 64 | 0.9 | 1 | 70 | 64 | 0.9 | 1 | ||||